Canadian Al-Jazeera English journalist Mohamed Fahmy, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015. Al-Jazeera journalists Fahmy and Baher Mohammed are free pending their retrial, scheduled for Feb. 23. A third colleague, Peter Greste, was released two weeks ago and deported to his home country of Australia. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

A year and a half after he was finally released from Egyptian custody after a lengthy legal battle that included more than 400 days of imprisonment, Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy will share his thoughts on the consular assistance provided to Canadians “in difficulty abroad” during a video appearance before FOREIGN AFFAIRS, with Amnesty International Canada secretary-general Alex Neve and human rights expert Mark Warren also on the witness list for the two-hour session.

Over at ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ETHICS AND PRIVACY, meanwhile, MPs will continue to explore the issues surrounding net neutrality during a panel discussion with senior executives from some of Canada’s biggest telecommunications providers: Rogers, Quebecor, Bell Canada and Telus.

Elsewhere on the Commons committee circuit today:

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS members go through the fine print of Auditor General Michael Ferguson’s review of the ongoing effort to resettle Syrian refugees in Canada

Environment Commissioner Julie Gelfand heads to FISHERIES to discuss on her latest report on the potential impact of climate change

Canadian Human Rights Commission chief Marie-Claude Landry provides her perspective on the treatment of indigenous women within the federal corrections system at STATUS OF WOMEN

The SUBCOMMITEE ON THE MPS’ CODE OF CONDUCT kicks off its review of the current rules with a closed-door briefing from House law clerk Philippe Dufresne and Chief Human Resources Officer Pierre Parent

Also slated to meet in camera today to work on draft reports: CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION (Yazidi resettlement), PROCEDURE AND HOUSE AFFAIRS (independent commissioner to oversee the organization of leaders’ debates), JUSTICE (support for jurors) and the SUBCOMMITEE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS (human rights issues related to resource extraction in Latin America)

On the Senate side: Parliamentary Budget Officer Jean-Denis Frechette drops by NATIONAL FINANCE to explain the methodology behind the latest fiscal projections published by his office, which will likely also include a side discussion on why his numbers differ from those offered by the finance department.

Finally, senators on the FISHERIES AND OCEANS committee will get an update on the state of Canada’s Maritime search and rescue program from University of British Columbia professor Michael Byers and McGill University program manager Dylan Clark.